4 New Legless Lizard Species Discovered In California, Have Existed For ‘Millions Of Years’

4 New Legless Lizard Species Discovered In California, Have Existed For ‘Millions Of Years’

Four new species of legless lizards evolved to be limbless so that they could burrow into the sand.

Four new species of legless lizards have been uncovered in some very unassuming locations in California.

California biologists found the reclusive legless lizards in a vacant lot in downtown Bakersfield, in oil derricks in the lower San Joaquin Valley, on the margins of the Mojave Desert, and at the end of a runway at Los Angeles International Airport, according to a statement from University of California Berkeley.